Need information on a knife

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I have a Buck knife, black handled, with silver colored metal on the pommell and guard, and a slice of wood (rosewood or something like it i think?) between pieces of metal on the guard, and the wood is surrounded by a white material

it is in mint condition, as is the sheath which is black, and there is a flap that goes over the handle and holds the knife in, with a button on it

on it is stamped
Buck
121+
USA

i Know for a fact that the knife was made before the early 90's

so here are my questions
-what kind of quality is this knife (i know this forum is slightly biased to buck)?
-is there any value to this knife (i want to know if i want to actually use it or put it -away in a collection)?
 
121 + makes it a 1991 mfg. date.
Popular knife and used for filleting fish and boning meat.Very good quality.
Pictures will help ,your description sounds like a rehandle.
 
If you think were biased why ask us? If you want information I would have started out differently... It could be a rehandle as I've not heard or seen a finger guard like you describe. ie. 'and the wood is surrounded by a white material'. But why would someone go to that much trouble and not replace the entire handle? Can this 'white material' be rubbed off? As if it were a powder? No wood on that model. Micarta spacers were on the standard models. The steel is 425M and its mfg. is from 1991 as Earl stated. DM
 
David Martin said:
If you think were biased why ask us? If you want information I would have started out differently... It could be a rehandle as I've not heard or seen a finger guard like you describe. ie. 'and the wood is surrounded by a white material'. But why would someone go to that much trouble and not replace the entire handle? Can this 'white material' be rubbed off? As if it were a powder? No wood on that model. Micarta spacers were on the standard models. The steel is 425M and its mfg. is from 1991 as Earl stated. DM
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i say biased because it is a buck forum, but it also means that you will know the most about it

i may be wrong on what materials they were, they are VERY thin, the main is black handle and metal
i will try and get some pics
 
The later models like this one have thicker, stiffer blades than the early ones and are excellent all-around knives.

If you're thinking about starting a 121 collection, this looks like a nice representative of that age group in nice condition.

Either way will work. Value is probably about $65-$70 on a good day on e-Bay.
 
BG42EDGE said:
The later models like this one have thicker, stiffer blades than the early ones and are excellent all-around knives.

If you're thinking about starting a 121 collection, this looks like a nice representative of that age group in nice condition.

Either way will work. Value is probably about $65-$70 on a good day on e-Bay.
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you answered my question with the 65-70, the knife was my dad's before he died, I didn't know if i wanted to use his deer knife as mine when i started hunting, or buy my own

since it isn't worth a fortune, i will just keep using it and have a part of him with me for my first deer, thanks for all the help guys
 
I have a small herd of them there 121's that go deer hunting every season. I don't gut with them, but that long blade for reaching in and peeling out a backstrap, separating the quarters is nice.
 
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